- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
The Dirtbombs are a rock & roll band pure and simple, and if you like pure and simple rock & roll with a dash of soul, you will flip over Dangerous Magical Noise.
-
Stubbornly lo-fi and expectedly scrappy, the album is also tremendously listenable, a rhythmic, leg-flailing romp through vintage soul cool, glam boogie, classic rock thrash, and punk bravado.
-
UncutThe fact this collection of originals is inferior to 2001's Ultraglide In Black (a covers album) reveals [Mick Collins'] songwriting has never matched his energy. [Nov 2003, p.118]
-
Tunes like "Sun is Shining" and "Stop" highlight Collins' surprisingly soulful voice and separate Dangerous ... from the innumerable garage albums released weekly.
-
MojoDangerous, magical, and gleefully noisy. [Dec 2003, p.113]
-
Q MagazineA stoned gas. [Dec 2003, p.123]
-
Under The RadarThey are clearly a band of great musical knowledge and breadth, yet manage to avoid coming off as pale pastiches of other great bands. [#5, p.100]
-
Alternative PressHit or miss. [Dec 2003, p.154]
-
BlenderDangerous Magical Noise is a great Friday night, and your ears will ring through Sunday. [Nov 2003, p.112]
-
It’s a glorious low-frequency hootenanny that slurs soul, punk, psych-rock, and pop until you’re not sure what language you’re hearing anymore.
-
Dangerous Magical Noise is rock and roll at its pure, shaggy best. If you're tired of that, you're tired of life.
-
Collins's way with a hook has blown up into a stack of tunes that stick, ranging from cranked-up faux-arena rock to spine-shaking rhythm and staccato bounce.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 1 out of 1
-
Mixed: 0 out of 1
-
Negative: 0 out of 1
-
DrunkenMasterAug 31, 2006